Ok, I'm stumped (again!)... If I comment out my output parameter this works great and I have point features in my FC, but I need set the output symbology with a lyr file. If I keep the code the way it is the layer is added to the TOC, but no features are inserted to the FC. You can really ignore most of this and just know that after the insert cursor I have the expected data (gps points).Any ideas?!!import arcpy import re import os class Toolbox(object): def __init__(self): """Define the toolbox (the name of the toolbox is the name of the .pyt file).""" self.label = "GPS Isolator" self.alias = "GPS Isolator" # List of tool classes associated with this toolbox self.tools = [isolateGPS] class isolateGPS(object): def __init__(self): """Define the tool (tool name is the name of the class).""" self.label = "Get a track" self.description = "this will pull out one officers gps track..." self.canRunInBackground = True def getParameterInfo(self): """Define parameter definitions""" unitid = arcpy.Parameter( displayName="Unit ID", name="unitId", datatype="String", parameterType="Required", direction="Input") theDate = arcpy.Parameter( displayName="Date", name="date", datatype="Date", parameterType="Required", direction="Input") #startTime = arcpy.Parameter( #displayName="Start Time", #name="starttime", #datatype="Date", #parameterType="Optional", #direction="Input") #endTime = arcpy.Parameter( #displayName="End Time", #name="endtime", #datatype="Date", #parameterType="Optional", #direction="Input") outdir = arcpy.Parameter( displayName="Output Directory", name="outDir", datatype="Folder", parameterType="Required", direction="Input") output = arcpy.Parameter( displayName = "AVL", name = "avl", datatype = "Feature Class", parameterType = "Derived", direction = "Output") output.symbology= os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'AVL.lyr') params = [unitid, theDate, outdir, output] return params def isLicensed(self): """Set whether tool is licensed to execute.""" return True def updateParameters(self, parameters): """Modify the values and properties of parameters before internal validation is performed. This method is called whenever a parameter has been changed.""" return def updateMessages(self, parameters): """Modify the messages created by internal validation for each tool parameter. This method is called after internal validation.""" return def execute(self, parameters, messages): def reformatDateTime(dt): s = str(dt) dtList = re.findall('..', s) return dtList[1] + '/' +dtList[2] + '/20' + dtList[0] + ' ' + dtList[3] +':' + dtList[4] +':' + dtList[5] arcpy.AddMessage('\n') arcpy.AddMessage('the unit id is: ' + parameters[0].valueAsText) arcpy.AddMessage('the Date is: ' + parameters[1].valueAsText) arcpy.AddMessage('the output directory is: ' + parameters[2].valueAsText) arcpy.AddMessage('\n') unitID = parameters[0].valueAsText theDate = parameters[1].valueAsText outdir = parameters[2].valueAsText #-------------CREATE THE FILE GEODATABASE----------------------------- gpspath = r'E:\gis\rawgps' m, d, y = theDate.split('/') if len(m) == 1: m = '0' + m if len(d) == 1: d = '0' + d goodDate = y + m + d gps = gpspath + '\\' + goodDate + '.gps' arcpy.AddMessage(gps) arcpy.env.workspace = outdir + '\\' + 'avl_' + goodDate + '_' + unitID + '.gdb' arcpy.CreateFileGDB_management (outdir, 'avl_' + goodDate + '_' + unitID + '.gdb') arcpy.CreateFeatureclass_management(outdir + '\\' +'avl_' + goodDate + '_' + unitID + '.gdb', unitID, 'POINT') arcpy.AddField_management(outdir + '\\' +'avl_' + goodDate + '_' + unitID + '.gdb\\' + unitID, 'unitid', 'TEXT') arcpy.AddField_management(outdir + '\\' +'avl_' + goodDate + '_' + unitID + '.gdb\\' + unitID, 'gpstime', 'DATE') arcpy.AddField_management(outdir + '\\' +'avl_' + goodDate + '_' + unitID + '.gdb\\' + unitID, 'xcoord', 'LONG') arcpy.AddField_management(outdir + '\\' +'avl_' + goodDate + '_' + unitID + '.gdb\\' + unitID, 'ycoord', 'LONG') arcpy.AddField_management(outdir + '\\' +'avl_' + goodDate + '_' + unitID + '.gdb\\' + unitID, 'hspeed', 'DOUBLE') arcpy.AddField_management(outdir + '\\' +'avl_' + goodDate + '_' + unitID + '.gdb\\' + unitID, 'heading', 'DOUBLE') c = arcpy.da.InsertCursor(outdir + '\\' +'avl_' + goodDate + '_' + unitID + '.gdb\\' + unitID, ('unitid', 'gpstime', 'xcoord', 'ycoord', 'hspeed', 'heading', 'SHAPE@XY')) i = 0 f = open(gps, 'r') for line in f.readlines(): i+=1 if len(line) > 40: #arcpy.AddMessage(line) if str(i).endswith('000'): arcpy.AddMessage('.....processed ' + str(i) + ' records.') sp = line.split('|') try: if sp[0] == unitID: c.insertRow((sp[0], reformatDateTime(sp[2]), int(sp[4]) +211, int(sp[5]), float(sp[7]), float(sp[9]), (float(sp[4]) +211, float(sp[5])))) except: pass f.close() del f, c parameters[3].value = outdir + '\\' + 'avl_' + goodDate + '_' + unitID + '.gdb' + '\\' + unitID return
